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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3086155, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Roman Republic: silver denarius of moneyer L. Furius Brocchus, ca. 63 BC</b></font></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1362916[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="5"><b><font face="Georgia">Obverse:</font></b><font face="Georgia"> III VIR BROCCHI, bust of </font><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(mythology)" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia">Ceres</font></a><font face="Georgia"> right, between wheat ear and barley corn.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> L FVRI C N F, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curule_seat" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curule_seat" rel="nofollow">curule chair</a> between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasces" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasces" rel="nofollow">fasces</a>. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Issuer:</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic" rel="nofollow">Roman Republic</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Specifications:</b> silver, 18 mm, 3.9 g,</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Grade:</b> <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4166941-005/NGCAncients/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4166941-005/NGCAncients/" rel="nofollow">NGC Ch VF</a>; Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, cert. #4166941-005. Purchased raw.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reference attribution: </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" rel="nofollow">Rome</a> mint, Crawford 414/1; Sydenham 902a; Furia 23a-365.<a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=227608" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=227608" rel="nofollow">*</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Provenance:</b> ex-Joseph Mastrario, DBA Imperator Coins, Macon, Georgia, USA, 27 October 2014. Prior provenance to CNG eAuction 296, Lot 219, 13 February 2013, cited there as "ex-Chiltern collection".<a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=227608" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=227608" rel="nofollow">*</a></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><b><font face="Georgia">Notes:</font></b><font face="Georgia"> A handsome coin with attractive </font><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Doug%20Smith%20Style" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Doug%20Smith%20Style" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia">style</font></a><font face="Georgia"> and old cabinet toning which is not entirely apparent in the photographs. It appears this might have been </font><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overstrike_(numismatics)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overstrike_(numismatics)" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia">overstruck</font></a><font face="Georgia"> on an earlier coin, since there are ghostly features in the blank fields around the curule chair on the reverse, but the undertype, if there was one, is too indistinct to determine. There also seems to be a die chip or other feature on the underside of Ceres' nose.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Comments: </b> I liked this design for the portrait, and the coin for its pastel toning. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1362916[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1362917[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1362918[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1362919[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1362920[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1362921[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1362922[/ATTACH] </p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="1"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">030800S</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3086155, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Roman Republic: silver denarius of moneyer L. Furius Brocchus, ca. 63 BC[/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [ATTACH=full]1362916[/ATTACH] [SIZE=5][B][FONT=Georgia]Obverse:[/FONT][/B][FONT=Georgia] III VIR BROCCHI, bust of [/FONT][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(mythology)'][FONT=Georgia]Ceres[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia] right, between wheat ear and barley corn.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Reverse:[/B] L FVRI C N F, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curule_seat']curule chair[/URL] between [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasces']fasces[/URL]. [B]Issuer:[/B] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic']Roman Republic[/URL]. [B]Specifications:[/B] silver, 18 mm, 3.9 g, [B]Grade:[/B] [URL='https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4166941-005/NGCAncients/']NGC Ch VF[/URL]; Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, cert. #4166941-005. Purchased raw. [B]Reference attribution: [/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome']Rome[/URL] mint, Crawford 414/1; Sydenham 902a; Furia 23a-365.[URL='https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=227608']*[/URL]. [B]Provenance:[/B] ex-Joseph Mastrario, DBA Imperator Coins, Macon, Georgia, USA, 27 October 2014. Prior provenance to CNG eAuction 296, Lot 219, 13 February 2013, cited there as "ex-Chiltern collection".[URL='https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=227608']*[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=5][B][FONT=Georgia]Notes:[/FONT][/B][FONT=Georgia] A handsome coin with attractive [/FONT][URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Doug%20Smith%20Style'][FONT=Georgia]style[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia] and old cabinet toning which is not entirely apparent in the photographs. It appears this might have been [/FONT][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overstrike_(numismatics)'][FONT=Georgia]overstruck[/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia] on an earlier coin, since there are ghostly features in the blank fields around the curule chair on the reverse, but the undertype, if there was one, is too indistinct to determine. There also seems to be a die chip or other feature on the underside of Ceres' nose.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B]Comments: [/B] I liked this design for the portrait, and the coin for its pastel toning. [/SIZE][/FONT] [ATTACH=full]1362916[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1362917[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1362918[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1362919[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1362920[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1362921[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1362922[/ATTACH] [FONT=Georgia] [SIZE=1][COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]030800S[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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